The American prison system has grown tenfold since the 1970s, but crime rates in the United States have not decreased. This doesn't surprise Michael J. Lynch, a critical criminologist, who argues that our oversized prison system is a product of our consumer culture, the public's inaccurate beliefs about controlling crime, and the government's criminalizing of the poor.
The American prison system has grown tenfold since the 1970s, but crime rates in the United States have not decreased. This doesn't surprise Michael J. Lynch, a critical criminologist, who argues that our oversized prison system is a product of our consumer culture, the public's inaccurate beliefs about controlling crime, and the government's criminalizing of the poor.
Introduction: Big, dark secrets, and America's prison system Prisons and crime The growth of America's prison system Raising questions about America's big prison system Explaining prison growth in the United States: the materialist perspective Prison effects: who gets locked up The imprisonment binge and crime The end of oil and the future of American prisons A consuming culture
Introduction: Big, dark secrets, and America's prison system Prisons and crime The growth of America's prison system Raising questions about America's big prison system Explaining prison growth in the United States: the materialist perspective Prison effects: who gets locked up The imprisonment binge and crime The end of oil and the future of American prisons A consuming culture
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